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De Jesús Martínez Núñez, María Teresa | Del Carmen Villegas Aréchiga, Dulce María | Villarreal Nájera, Estefanía

Soft competencies developed in students as the result of the implementation of the 4td curricular strategy at the Universidad Autónoma del Noreste : topic line : employability practices

2021 - Franco Angeli

P. 79-98

  • The present investigation shows students' perception of the soft-skillsthey have developed throughout their school journey by applying the fourteaching techniques (4td) included in their curriculum as the core to promotein students and future graduates learning for life and employability. It is astrategy embedded as a part of the academic quality project, established inthe Institutional Development Plan UANE (2013) and implemented since2004.4td is a curricular strategy whose purpose is to promote students' genericskills to support them in their daily life as human beings. 4td refers to theapplication of active teaching methods such as Collaborative Learning (CL),Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Project-Oriented Learning (POL), and Case Method (CM) that relate objectives in the curriculum to problematic situations of professional practice or life itself.
  • The teachers' essential workis to plan the subject with cases, scenarios, projects, or collaborative activities to transform information into useful personal and professional knowledge. Research with a qualitative approach. A population of 988 students who completed their subjects with 4td in two different semesters was studied. Thetechnique used for collecting the information was focus groups through an open-ended question instrument. The information was analyzed throughcontent analysis using the MAXQDA tool.Results highlight 1642 comments, of which 200 (12%) report havingdeveloped higher-order cognitive skills; 971 (59%) leadership skills and 471(29%) refer to attitudes and values. Mainly they strengthened interpersonal skills related to communication, teamwork, emotional intelligence, andleadership, values such as respect and responsibility.
  • Derived as a conclusion, the 4td curricular strategy is sustainable overtime. It represents one of the academic quality elements in the institution forpromoting learning for life and the employability of our students.Keywords: Soft competencies, employability, curricular strategies, active learning. [Publisher's text]

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Educational reflective practices : 2, 2021